...criticifm, whatever name it deferves, fuppofes that the poets, who are lyars by profeflion, expeft to have their lyes believed. Surely they are not fo...the poffibility of them. AND how fmall a matter will /erve for this ? A legend, a tale, a tradition, a rumour, a fuperftition ; in fhort, any thing is enough...

...fnppofcs that the poets, who are Jyars by profeffion, expect to have their lyes believed. Surely they arc not fo unreafonable. They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the poffibilityof them. AND how fmall a matter will ferve for this? A legend, a tale, a tradition, a rumour,...

...vifions of Taffo, that are thus derided. be the cafe here? This criticifm, M'hatever name it deierves, fuppofes that the poets, who are lyars by profeffion,...fuperftition ; in fhort, any thing is enough to be the :bafi$ of their air- formed vtfions. Does any, capable reader trouble himfelf about the truth, or even...

...criticifm, whatever name it deferves, fuppofes that the poets, who are lyars by profeffion, expeft to have their lyes believed. Surely they are not fo...but bring you to imagine the poffibility of them. t .. , And bow 1'raaH a matter will ferve for this ? A legend, a tale, a tradition, a rumour, a fuperftition...

...are lyars by profession, expect to have their lyes believed. Surely they are- not so unreasonable. They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them. And how small a matter will serve for this ? A legend, a tale, a tradition, a...

...who are lyars by profession, expect to have their lyes believed. Surely they are not so unreasonable. They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them. And how small a matter will serve for this ? A legend, a tale, a tradition, a...

...and that, moreover, the poets ' expect to have their lyes believed '. Hurd's answer is significant. ' They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.' This looks like the foreshadowing of Coleridge's defence of supernatural subjects,...

...and that, moreover, the poets ' expect to have their lyes believed '. Kurd's answer is significant. ' They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.' This looks like the foreshadowing of Coleridge's defence of supernatural subjects,...

...should be strictly credible. " The poets," he says, and here surely he is a critic beyond his age, " think it enough if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them." "Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions," says Addison in the four...

...Hurd, Letters on Chivalry and Romance, London, 1911, s. 108. 4) oas 112. att få sina lögner trodda, »They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them». Skalden har sin egen värld, har gudar och feer och häxor; »in the poefs world,...